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Kenneth Reitz

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About Kenneth Reitz

Work

Self-Employed
2012 to present
I design code, then often write it (mostly using Python, when I can get away with it).
Python Software Foundation
Fellow
DigitalOcean
Sr. Developer Relations Advocate2018 to July 2019New York, New York
Mercury
Web developerMay 2011 to December 2011New York, New York
Making the web more Readable.
- CDN Delivery
  Developed a scalable approach to delivering our static assets, minified and crushed, to a worldwide user base.
- Automation
  Designed source control, issue tracking, documentation, testing, and continuous integration system.
- Python Training
  Assisted colleagues with getting up to speed on Python.
- Back End Development
  Implemented a (very long) list of completely random features.
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GitHub
BloggerMay 2011 to 2012San Francisco, California
- GitHub Reflog
  May 2011 to present
  A weekly chronicle of remarkable repos for the GitHub blog.
Heroku
2011 to 2018San Francisco, California
Was responsible for the technical design and availability of Heroku's Python offering, as well as serve as Heroku’s voice within the greater Python community.

Contributed to open source projects and drove best practices adoption within the company and within the Python community. Contributed (authentically) to the global Python narrative. Provided a well–designed and well–tailored deployment experience over many years, despite drastic shifts within the community (e.g. the migration from Python 2 to Python 3).
NetApp
Sr. Tools EngineerJune 2010 to May 2011Raleigh, North Carolina
Lead Developer and Architect for a collection of internal Command Line, Desktop, and Web applications written in Python.
- Developer Workflow
  Designed source control, issue tracking, documentation, testing, and continuous integration system.
- Data Migration Platform Architecture
  Primary developer and architect of an extremely large major internal tooling effort. Worked closely with a hardware vendor, speccing metric collection and automation services. Designed custom application framework, data system, command-line toolchain, massive parallelism, metrics collection, and static code freezes of Python applications for widespread use.
The Changelog
Co-Host, ContributorDecember 2009 to 2013
Open Source Moves Fast. Keep Up.
http://thechangelog.com
- Open Source Journalism
  Authors articles on new open source projects of note.
- Podcast Co-Host
  Occasional co-host of The Changelog podcast, interviewing high profile and influential developers in the open source community.
Clutch, Inc.
Systems DeveloperJune 2009 to May 2010Winchester, Virginia
- Front-End Development
  ExtJS, jQuery, YUI application interface development. User interaction and experience design.
- Back End Development
  PHP, Java, Groovy, ColdFusion, and Python application development and maintenance. Built elegant web service for conversion of any user-provided document to PDF.
- SU Financial Aid Calculator
  Designed and developed Shenandoah University's Financial Aide Calculator.
- usfa.fema.gov
  Updated and deployed site on a regular basis.
- ready.gov
  Made entire website validate against proper W3C standards. Assisted in 501 compliance efforts.
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SusQtech
Jr. DeveloperApril 2009 to July 2009Winchester, Virginia
SharePoint Installations, Custom Developed Solutions, and Database Migration.
geeXmedia
web designer and developerSeptember 2008 to April 2009Berryville, Virginia
- Linux Systems and Network Administration
  Maintained UPS Shipping system, camera photo dropoint, warehouse networking, bootstrapped windows image, quarantined viruses.
- Data Redundancy System
  Fronted data redundancy efforts after a zero-day disaster.
- Logo and Interface Design
  Created logos and interfaces for all products.
- Website Redesign
  Designed responsive company website, showcasing products and offerings.
- Digital Sinage Platform
  Designed and implemented custom operating system for digital sinage application.
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Rockwell Collins
Jr. Technical InternJune 2007 to April 2008Sterling, Virginia
- Beta Tester
  Beta-tested .NET software in development and made suggestions for improvements.
- Virtual Simulation
  Took high quality photographs of 737-NG aircraft panels. Edited thousands of high-resolution images and made photo-realistic changes (removal of knobs and switches) for virtual simulation platform.

Professional Skills

Designer Digital photography Drummer Open-source model Percussionist Philosophy Python Ubuntu Web API

Education

Lord Fairfax Community College
2008 to 2009Warrenton, Virginia
George Mason University
2007 to 2008Computer Science EngineeringFairfax, Virginia
Didn't go to class much — spent all my time, utilizing the internet, teaching myself how to Linux and program.
Great Mills High School
2007 to 2008Great Mills, Maryland
James Wood High School
Class of 2007Winchester, Virginia

Current City and Hometown

Winchester, Virginia
Current city
State College, Pennsylvania
Hometown

Other Places Lived

About Kenneth

Wandering street photographer and moral fallibilist. Simplicity is always better than functionality.

Python Overlord for Heroku.

Favorite Quotes

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Positivity.

180° turns are encouraged.

Listen to everyone, then disregard it.

Optimize for peacefulness; in all directions.

Life's not a race, but there's no speed limit either.

Reality is what still exists after you stop believing in it.

Always give the benefit of the doubt; don't forget red flags.

There's a big difference between judgement and discernment.

Negative atmospheres are toxic. Remove yourself from them.

Attention is your only currency. Allocate it sparingly.

Drink copious amounts of water—every day.

Fallibilism (epistemological & moral).

The best way to learn is to teach.

Be cordial or be on your way.

Be gentle with yourself.

Inspire. Stay inspired.

Never stop learning.

Take breaks often.

Keep breathing.

https://www.kennethreitz.org/values